Global Supply Chain Crisis 2021: Megathread - A cozy thread for watching the supply chain fall apart just in time for the holidays

[Sped Xing]

Black Friday got its name from the highwayman Black Bart, because everyone loots stores and leaves behind poetry on that day.

 

[Hecate]

from a friend that lives in my area. went to go fill up company truck at the gas station that literally every trucker, oil field worker, and farm worker stops at. entire station is taped up and closed

"When I asked them why I couldn't get gas they said they are completely out and can't get their delivery company to pick up the phone."

 

[Sped Xing]

Am I the only one who hasn't seen empty stations or empty shelves? Shit costs more everywhere I look, but it's still here in the parts of Texas I frequent.

 

[Fomo Hoire]

Am I the only one who hasn't seen empty stations or empty shelves? Shit costs more everywhere I look, but it's still here in the parts of Texas I frequent.

I don't think I've seen empty shelves, but my bias is I'm a lazy butt who rarely goes in person.

When I do go though, instead of empty shelves, I notice that shelves are in different places. Both as in, they've reorganized the aisles and they've literally relocated the shelves to make things more spacious. I think there is less shelf space dedicated to each category of item and and anything that would be an empty shelf is just hidden behind the whole "why are there beans in what should be the bread aisle?" confusion.

 

[Sneed's Feed And Seed]

how the hell did they cough up so many security guards?

Easy. Boss doesn't vet sites. He sends his lowest workers and/or the literal retards on staff to do stores like that.
PL: Been with three companies that did that shit. (One was even helmed by a woman who ran a women-only self-defense class out of the same building, I was gonna sue them for discrimination because of that but the fucking Portugoose bitch ran her dad's business into the ground after he'd had a stroke)

 

[tehpope]

Am I the only one who hasn't seen empty stations or empty shelves? Shit costs more everywhere I look, but it's still here in the parts of Texas I frequent.

I'm in Utah. I only saw empty shelves once, back in late March 2020. There's been some items go out of stock to be back in stock a few weeks / months later. No gas shortages here either.

 

[mr.moon1488]

from a friend that lives in my area. went to go fill up company truck at the gas station that literally every trucker, oil field worker, and farm worker stops at. entire station is taped up and closed
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"When I asked them why I couldn't get gas they said they are completely out and can't get their delivery company to pick up the phone."

Half of the pumps in my area have stopped working. Has nothing to do with fuel being short, they just can't get anyone to service them.

 

[Hecate]

Half of the pumps in my area have stopped working. Has nothing to do with fuel being short, they just can't get anyone to service them.

all of the consumer gas stations in my area haven't had any issues so far that I've seen, just the larger fueling depots that supply the company vehicles

 

[mr.moon1488]

all of the consumer gas stations in my area haven't had any issues so far that I've seen, just the larger fueling depots that supply the company vehicles

Ah I see. I've been hearing they've been having diesel shortages.

 

[Billy Beer]

England;

Rental cars and rental vans have weeks long lead times. Spoke to the owner of a company on the blower today and I asked him what the problem was. He said "No HGV drivers to move cars around the country when they're dropped off. No new vans or cars being sent to lease hire companies as some vehicle manufacturers are quoting a 6 month lead time, some won't quote at all as they don't know how long it will take to receive new vehicles"

In the UK, we get new registration plates every 6 months, so by the time your new car arrives, it's old, Because of the of the 6 month lead time.

I'm not seeing anything on the news other than "X car manufacturer is slowing production due to chip shortages". If what this fella said is true, then we could be looking at the car manufacturing industry, slamming the breaks on, and coming to a screeching halt.

 

[Lichen Bark]

Just checked Amazon, Bell jars and Weck jars (my preference no BPA top) are easily ordered but canning season has passed. The point of canning is you preserve food when it is overly abundant and cheep (too many tomatoes, too much fruit, too much corn). After that you need a pressure cooker and knowledge. Please don't give yourself botulism. Looking at my local Best Buy I can pick up a drop freezer on Friday. You can order many pounds of beans from Rancho Gordo the bean people with the added benefit that they taste great and keep well. Also might lower your cholesterol if you eat them enough. If you have the space I would recommending picking up a drop freezer and buying meat as it presents itself on sale. No reason to go crazy, but no reason to be completely unprepared either.

In Asia / India people (who can afford it) routinely buy a years worth of rice - protects them from inflation shocks and gets them a deal on the price. Basically we're becoming more like them than they are becoming like us.

That was the true value of Globalism.

Odd question, but did you notice they started putting expiry dates for how long a canned seal will hold? 18 months. I don't ever remember seeing anything like that previously. Have you eaten things that have been canned for longer than that time period? My grandma used to use wax to do all her jams, and I think I've eaten jam that was 2 years plus old. What are your thoughts? I am just talking about standard high acid recipes and stuff, boiling water processed.

 

[E. Knee as Weapon - Cont.]

Yes, the guide is BS and not practical. For one thing if you're aiming at being self sufficient you should hit crops that give you a better yield - so asparagus is out. POTATOES are in

Yep. Potatoes, beans, peas, carrots, kale
Stuff that is nutritious and forgiving to grow. Maybe some chickens if you want to go next level.

Just look to WW2 victory gardens. Unless you're fully committing to an essentially alternative lifestyle then you should be aiming to reduce dependence on the grid and not going off it completely. Bite off more than you can chew and you'll be exactly where you started with nothing to show for it but garden center receipts and a weed-infested garden bed.

Source: I'm on a couple acres.

 

[1Tonka_Truck]

Am I the only one who hasn't seen empty stations or empty shelves? Shit costs more everywhere I look, but it's still here in the parts of Texas I frequent.

Both the newer Casey's in my area have run out of multiple fuel grades and had a lot empty shelves. I chock it up to them being new stores in an actual city. The small town stores have had no problems, but that's been Casey's bread and butter until recently.

 

[LemmeSee]

Soooo where do you hide your money before it becomes apparent to most people just how bad things are?

 

[mr.moon1488]

Soooo where do you hide your money before it becomes apparent to most people just how bad things are?

Non in hand currency = cryptos
In hand currency = ammunition, gold

 

[Sped Xing]

Soooo where do you hide your money before it becomes apparent to most people just how bad things are?

Me? Land, farm equipment, and livestock.

Everyone has told me I should be giving it to da Juice, yet every year my investments pay back better than the estockmarqueta.

 

[Puff]

Me? Land, farm equipment, and livestock.

Everyone has told me I should be giving it to da Juice, yet every year my investments pay back better than the estockmarqueta.

Land and legal machine guns are the only things that seem to keep going up no matter what (barring a housing bubble, but just don't be dumb)
I have made the mistake of spending too much on land and now have very little cash on hand. Crossing my fingers on about 7 different business ventures.

 

[Art Kassul]

I think I've eaten jam that was 2 years plus old. What are your thoughts? I am just talking about standard high acid recipes and stuff, boiling water processed.

I've been previously informed by wise elder canners that the more sugar you jam in your jam, the longer it lasts.

 

[contradiction of terns]

Am I the only one who hasn't seen empty stations or empty shelves? Shit costs more everywhere I look, but it's still here in the parts of Texas I frequent.

I dunno what to tell you. I've found lots of gas stations that were totally cleaned out on the long empty stretches between towns/cities. Major cities seem to be doing better at keeping stocked, but I have seen empty shelves in a few spots.

I'm tossing in some pics from a grocery run this evening. The employees were trying to re-stock the bread, eggs (you can see the one tiny box of eggs they got in waiting to be put on the shelves) and a few other things, but it seemed there wasn't much they could do for a lot of it. Every type of cereal had two boxes moved to the front of the shelf, then a massive empty space behind them and the remaining boxes at the far back. So they're employing some tricks to make it look better stocked than it is.

Spoiler: This is how things are in my neck of the woods

@Art Kassul

You are correct. Ironically, sugar is a preservative just like salt. It acts as a humectant and removes and/or stabilizes the amount of water in whatever it's added to.

 

[mr.moon1488]

I dunno what to tell you. I've found lots of gas stations that were totally cleaned out on the long empty stretches between towns/cities. Major cities seem to be doing better at keeping stocked, but I have seen empty shelves in a few spots.

I'm tossing in some pics from a grocery run this evening. The employees were trying to re-stock the bread, eggs (you can see the one tiny box of eggs they got in waiting to be put on the shelves) and a few other things, but it seemed there wasn't much they could do for a lot of it. Every type of cereal had two boxes moved to the front of the shelf, then a massive empty space behind them and the remaining boxes at the far back. So they're employing some tricks to make it look better stocked than it is.

Spoiler: This is how things are in my neck of the woods

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@Art Kassul

You are correct. Ironically, sugar is a preservative just like salt. It acts as a humectant and removes and/or stabilizes the amount of water in whatever it's added to.

From what I've seen it seems to be fairly random. Did some shopping today and there were some empty shelves but it was all random shit that was sold out. One store didn't have shampoo, one didn't have men's shoes, one was out of pants, etc.